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Footnotes and Tangents is a books newsletter that mostly covers Settings, Historical Fiction and Audio. We've analyzed 174 issues from the past year; the latest was published Oct 3, 2026.
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78 mentionsLeo Tolstoy
76 mentionsWar and Peace
67 mentionsreading schedule
53 mentionsdaily emails
41 mentionssubscription settings
37 mentionsdaily post
30 mentionsWar & Peace
29 mentionssettings
27 mentionscharacters
26 mentionsbook guide
23 mentionsRussian literature
21 mentionshistorical fiction
20 mentionsFootnotes & Tangents
17 mentionsHilary Mantel
17 mentionsweekly post
17 mentionsCromwell trilogy
16 mentionsWolf Crawl
15 mentionsslow readers
14 mentionsdiscussion
14 mentionsWolf Hall
13 mentionsaudio
13 mentionscomments
13 mentionschat threads
12 mentionspodcast
12 mentionsdaily reading schedule
12 mentionsBook 3
11 mentionsFourth Estate edition
11 mentionsNapoleon
11 mentionsliterary analysis
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